debt ceiling

Todd Zwillich, the Washington Correspondent for The Takeaway, talks to Hari Sreenivasan about current events surrounding the possible government shutdown, and what the results might be for the key players down the line. Continue reading →

The Senate voted along party lines to fund the government into November after Democrats removed language defunding Obamacare. Kwame Holman reports on that measure’s return to the House, where GOP leaders hope to find a plan tea party conservatives will support. Judy Woodruff gets an update from The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe. Continue reading →

While the Senate headed toward a vote to remove a provision that defunds the Affordable Care Act from a federal spending bill, House Majority Leader John Boehner quashed the notion that Republicans would back such a stopgap measure. Congressional correspondent Kwame Holman reports on efforts to stave off a shutdown. Continue reading →

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress that the automatic spending cuts slated to take effect Friday could put a drag on economic growth. Gwen Ifill talks to economist Nariman Behravesh about whether political paralysis will affect the economy and how consumers are shrugging off Washington dysfunction. Continue reading →

President Obama called on Republicans to "act responsibly" and raise the nation’s debt ceiling before March when the U.S. is expected to breech its borrowing limit and possibly default on its debt. Judy Woodruff talks to the Wall Street Journal’s Carol Lee and Politico’s Jake Sherman about Obama’s plans for the federal deficit. Continue reading →

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week’s top political news with Judy Woodruff, including the likely nomination of Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense, the failure of the latest budget deal to address larger fiscal problems and Washington’s inability to make tough choices. Continue reading →

President Obama urged lawmakers to avoid a showdown over taxes, spending and debt, and Congress readied to begin negotiations on balancing the federal budget. Jeffrey Brown talks to Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., about whether compromise between Democrats and Republicans will come before the end of 2012. Continue reading →

In summer 2011, a partisan Congress sparred with the White House on how to solve the U.S. debt crisis. Judy Woodruff talks to journalist Bob Woodward about his new book, “The Price of Politics,” about how Washington’s politicians couldn’t look past their own political aspirations in order to forge a deal. Continue reading →

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks discuss the week’s top political news including a recent Obama campaign video that tries to debunk Mitt Romney’s job creation claims, JPMorgan Chase losses and the expected renewal of the debt ceiling debate. Continue reading →

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Jeffrey Brown during a factory tour Thursday in Baltimore that he couldn’t understand why the debate over the federal debt limit is back again. They also discussed how regional Federal Reserve bank boards are established and how President Obama will campaign about jobs and the economy. Continue reading →